Analytical Criticism of a Literary Text
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Course code
EKK6007.HT
old course code
EKK6007
Course title in Estonian
Kirjandusteose analüüs
Course title in English
Analytical Criticism of a Literary Text
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
assessment
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To learn to analyse poems, prose and drama. An analysis of verse, prose and drama text structures. Becoming acquainted with some methodologies of text analysis: text-based, context-based, variations.
Brief description of the course
The concepts of text, analysis and interpretation. Different methods of literary research. The analysis of poetry, prose and drama. The analysis of poetics and versification – language, metre, stanzas, tropes, characters etc. The possibilities to analyze a poem, novel, play etc. The practical analyses of poetry, prose and drama texts in seminars.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has obtained the skill to analyze and interpret different literary works in different genres and is able to write an independent analytical review of a literary text
Teacher
dotsent Mirjam Hinrikus, dotsent Anneli Mihkelev, dotsent Luule Epner
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